BLACK+DECKER 500 W Autoselect Scorpion-Powered Electric Saw Jigsaw and Prune with Kitbox, 3 Blades, 23mm Stroke Length, RS890K-GB

The saw was very versatile when I was reducing my shed panels into car boot size pieces!!

Bought this to prune a mature apple tree. What an excellent tool for the job. Powerful enough and pleasant to use, I went through half a dozen pretty hefty branches in no time at all. The only gripe is the placement of the power cord but I quickly found the best place for it is over the shoulder. Haven’t tried a blade change yet. The carry case is well designed and seems robust.

My husband loves this, easy to use, robust. Does the job

Cutting sheet steel (2mm thick): the saw dealt with this easily. On the right setting for cutting steel, progress is steady and a bit slow, but letting the blade do the work and not exerting too much pressure helps. Seeing exactly where the cut is being made when keeping the saw guide flat to the sheet surface can be difficult – but the joint between the two parts of the shell case at the back does line up nicely with the cut line. Took me a few cuts before I spotted this aid!

I have a small work shop and it’s fantastic for stuff up to 7″.
This is a perfect and true statement.
I got it in December and I just had to change the wood blade well here wee go got blade it didn’t fit called the blade seller the blade I need no longer in stock. Now look down to the photos you will see Amazon nose about this and after getting told I wasn’t getting a refund I showed the photos on ther page I got my refund apart from 2. I didn’t understand why that I was 2. Short good machine but you can’t get wood blades

I love this saw! I am not able to saw through wood without too much effort so this has proved a great purchase. We have used to saw through branches of apple tree. Make raised beds using 2 inch thick timber. There is some vibration but I am able to handle it without problem.

Black and decker are better than Bosch in my opinion. Parts are cheaper and I still have a fully functional drill which is nearly 30yrs old .

I received the saw in good time and have used it to cut branches of trees in my garden.I can recommend this saw to anyone. It is reasonably priced and performance is really good It comes with 3 saw blades which is useful. I recommend the top of the range one which comes with a carry case.

This is my first electric saw , I am now 83 , why did I wait so long to buy it , its just super. I am a lucky lady to have it.

Perfect for cutting a full row of trees
Easy to handle . Well recommended

great piece of equipment but wood blades could be made to last a bit longer and easier to obtain jigsaw mode a bit difficult but with practice not bad

I AM OVER THE MOON WITH THIS SAW. I USED IT YESTERDAY , THE VERY FIRST TIME I HAVE USED A POWER TOOL AND I WAS SO PLEASED. IT WAS SO REMARKABLE OF HOW EASY IT WAS TO USE. IT WAS ACCURATE AND SMOOTH TO USE.GOOD SOLID SIZE BUT EASY TO HANDLE . YESTERDAY I TRIED CUTTING A SMALL TREE DOWN , THE TRUNK WAS 13″….33CM….IN CIRCUMFERENCE , JUST OVER 4″….11CM IN DIAMETER AND, IT WENT THROUGH IT IN NO TIME AT ALL, AND WITH EASE. I CAN NOT WAIT TILL I AM OFF OUT AGAIN WITH IT TODAY. I ADVICE ANYONE HAVING DOUBTS ABOUT GETTING ONE OF THESE , DO NOT WAIT GET ONE.IT IS WELL WORTH THE MONEY. I KNOW IF YOU WANT A LARGE CHAIN SAW THIS IS NOT IT…. BUT, IT IS MY LITTLE CHAIN SAW AND I LOVE IT. IT IS MY ….”BABY”….. CHAN SAW. GOOD SHOPPING IT IS A GOOD BUY AND , I AM SURE YOU WILL BE AS HAPPY AS ME.

I bought this to cut down 2 large bushes. I found it so easy to use and it cut through them like a knife through butter. I would recommend this saw to anyone. Extremely pleased with how easy it was to use.

Have only used for cutting up felled trees,some ten inches in diameter,takes a while but beats sawing by hand. Fantastic addition to my tool kit.

This was very pleasant surprise given my previous BD experience. This device is excellent – powefful, versatile, compact. A version with a battery eould be even better.

I have been using the wood cutter for cutting big branches and it has done the job.

I bought this for a specific job of cutting branches off a tree that was pushing against a fence. I found it easy to use. I was not prepared to pay a higher price for a saw with a rechargeable battery. (I bought a 25 metre extension cable instead.) Having dealt with the tree, the saw is back in its carry-case, ready for the next job. Nothing planned so far, but glad to have this tool for when I need it. I should mention that cutting through very substantial tough branches took a while, but the saw handled the work without overheating, and the cutting process was smooth and easy to manage. Always follow the safety precautions. This is a serious piece of equipment, not a toy.

Perfect for my needs. I’ve used it to cut down five tall trees having a trunk diameter of two to three and a half inches. Such cuts took something like two to four minutes without applying pressure. Rotating the saw a little around the back and front of the advancing cut helps.

Further size reduction of the felled trees or branches is more problematic unless one can contrive (by raising the tree slightly) the cut to open — otherwise the cut closes around the blade, grabbing it.

It is not well-suited to cutting the thin branches that a pruner or a lopper would slice through as rigidity of the cut zone is required.

I suggest wearing thick, loose-fitting garden/work gloves as I do before activating the saw so that if your finger comes in contact with the moving blade (like mine did, momentarily) you have a chance to retain said digit. (This is because the saw blade seems not to cut things that flex back and forth with the movement of the blade, and so the tip of the glove survives unharmed whereas your naked fingertip probably wouldn’t.) Otherwise it might be worth booking a taxi to A&E before using the saw.

5 Stars awarded

I’ve used this so far for wood making short light work of it brilliant. Easy to replace the three different blades that come with it for wood, metal and plastic in the machine. Different speeds are set for different material I’d say a great buy. Not heavy or difficult to use.

Great job of cutting up a bush that had grown into a small tree. Especially good at cutting down a rampant Yucca plant that had gone beserk as I had to lie underneath the needle leaves to access the trunk and although it’s quicker to continue using a sawing motion it went through it very quickly. Using a manual saw and I would have been stabbed continually by the plant. Great value. Thougt I would buy the case too which keeps it clean and very tidy for storage. Obviously it’s not super powerful or a chain saw and does suffer a little from vibration now and again depending on what material you are cutting but apart from that. Highly recommended.

powerful little crittter. good quality and nice box, works well

Bulkier than my first B&D scorpion which didn’t last too long, the clamp that holds the blade on fell apart.
Used it this weekend to put up a new fence and make a gate.
Blades on the expensive side, and not sure if my old blades fit this one.
If it lasts longer than the first , i’ll be happy.

For the price that I paid for it at the time (35), this was an excellent buy. I’ve not got round to using the jig saw facility yet, but have used the straight cutting saw for quite a few different jobs, and found it performed well. None of them were large jobs, or particularly difficult, I cut about 10 thin wood off-cuts, cut through two or three 4 x 4s, and have made a lot of cuts, (upwards of 70) through 21.5 mm pvc (solvent weld) pipe, and have just had to change the blade the first time. It does sometimes vibrate a bit, but it’s manageable, and I’m a not particularly strong woman. The only thing I don’t like is the safety feature on the on/off switch: you’ve got to depress one button and flip the other switch at the same time, and both are quite stiff to operate, so I find it difficult to do this with one hand. Because I need to hold them with quite a lot of strength for my puny grip, I don’t think it makes it very safe at all, as I’ve found, when needing to let go quickly that I’m holding the saw in such a death-grip that I don’t instinctively let go, but need to consciously make myself let go. So if I needed to quickly stop the blade, say because I was accidentally sawing into my foot, I can see myself taking just that little bit too long. For me, it would be safer if it needed less of a grip to operate, but then it will probably still mostly be men using these, and who’ll probably not have this problem unless their grip is as weak as mine. I find it easy to change the blades, and changing from straight cut to jig saw is also quite straight forward. There’s a little location pin, which needs a flat-head screwdriver to adjust, if it’s not in the correct position, but which normally only needs to be done once. The instructions are basic but sufficient, showing how to change the blade etc, and giving recommended depths for cutting different materials, which are: 100 mm for wood, 3 mm for steel and 50 mm for plastic or pruning branches. So this is not a heavy-duty saw, but good for general DIY jobs around the house and garden. The other drawback with this saw is that only B&D blades will fit, and only those for this particular saw model number. But based on my experience so far, they last a reasonable time, depending on what you’re cutting. If you were cutting lots of really hard and/or thick wood, the blade will probably not last especially long, but you’ll get a good few cuts. I don’t know whether this saw would still be such good value at 15 more than I paid for it, though, so while I’d recommend it, not sure it’s worth 50, compared to others on the market. Suppose it still works out cheaper than buying a reciprocating and a jig saw separately, though, if you need both but one or both only for occasional use – that’s what really made this attractive for me: I will need the jig saw at some point for a job I’ve had planned for ages now, but after that, I might not need one again for a long time, so it didn’t seem worth buying two separate saws for such occasional use. The other thing missing on this is a vacuum attachment for the dust. Otherwise, am really happy with this, and not sure how well those vacuum attachments work anyway, so have still given this 5 stars.

I did have my reservations about this product but I don’t know why. It’s an excellent product. It has saved me a lot of time and no more back breaking using a hand saw. Just wish I bought it sooner.

This is my `go to` saw when needed. Purchased from Amazon in March 2015. Still going strong on the original blade (even though spares were included). Decided to finally leave a review. It’s got through kitchen cabinets, logs for the BBQ, to make shelving out of reclaimed wood, to prune overgrown branches, to remove fencing, etc…..it’s handled everything I’ve thrown at it so far. It feels well made but may be a little heavy in continuous use for some. The case is a bonus to store it but can be a bit of a puzzle to get back in correctly.

The saw works a treat, though some of the blades that were recommended to go with the saw, do not fit. Therefore are a waste of money. The blades that do fit are brilliant and work, do the job.